18 September 23

Springwood man to embark on European escape after scoring $760,000 Saturday Lotto win

Saturday Lotto
SNAPSHOT
  • A Springwood man is dancing into his workweek after discovering he’d won more than $760,000 in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.
  • The New South Wales resident held one of the seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4399, drawn Saturday 16 September 2023. Each division one winning entry scored $768,013.61.
  • With the newfound fortune opening the door to many sensational spring plans, the Blue Mountains player couldn’t wait to set his family up for the future and take his wife to Europe.
  • His winning 36-game QuickPick was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.

By Khat McIntyre-Intrachai

Updated 20 September 2023 - 9:18 am,

first published at 18 September 2023 - 2:26 pm

A Springwood man is dancing into his workweek after discovering he’d won more than $760,000 in the weekend’s Saturday Lotto draw.

The New South Wales resident held one of the seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4399, drawn Saturday 16 September 2023. Each division one winning entry scored $768,013.61.

The merry man was completely unaware of his lottery loot until an official from The Lott reached out on Monday morning to reveal the life-enhancing news.

“What a great call to get Monday morning!” he cheered.

“Thank you very much!

“You get that many scam phone calls these days so it’s refreshing that this is a nice one.

“I’ll be able to help the kids and set up our family.

“I’ll pay off some of the mortgage and my wife and I will be able to go to Europe!

“It’s something she’s always wanted to do.

“How great! I usually play every week, or second week and I always use my favourite numbers.

“I can’t wait to take some time off work!”

His winning 36-game Marked entry was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.

The winning numbers in Saturday Lotto draw 4399 on 16 September 2023 were 37, 28, 27, 11, 41 and 23, while the supplementary numbers were 2 and 1.

Across Australia, there were seven division one winning entries in Saturday Lotto draw 4399 – three in New South Wales, two in Queensland and one each in South Australia and Western Australia.